Is Bhagavatam a Natural Commentary on Vedanta Sutras?

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As per Sumeet prabhu's request I sent this question long back to Swami BVT and

below is the reply I received:

 

Srila Prabhupada Says that Vedanta Sutra is a delibreation on theImpersonal

Absolute feature or the Brahmajyoti. Then, why is SrimadBhagavatam which

glorifies the Bhagavan feature considered a naturalcommentary on the Vedanta

Sutra by the Gaudiya Vaishnavas, if they deal withtwo different aspects of the

absolute truth?

 

 

 

In Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.4 Narada chides Vyasa for being unfulfilled even after

fully deliberating on Brahman. This is the preface to Vyasa's remedying the

situation through the compilation of Srimad Bhagavatam under the direction of

Narada. Although Vyasa had written his sutras, they did not unambiguously

stress Bhagavan and bhakti, but lent themselves to other interpretations.

In his translation and commentary of the above verse Srila Prabhupada brings

this out by saying that the sutras are a deliberation on impersonal Brahman,

indicating that when viewed in this way they may leave one unsatisfied. Thus

the need for a commentary the likes of Srimad Bhagavatam, in which the sutras

are explained appropriately with emphasis on Bhagavan and bhakti. According to

Srila Prabhupada Narada is asking Vyasa, "You have fully deliberated on

impersonal Brahman in your sutras. Why then are you dissatisfied?" In affect

Narada is saying to Vyasa that your Sutras seem to indicate that impersonal

Brahman is the highest ideal. Perhaps this is why you are unsatisfied."

Swami B.V.Tripurari

 

 

 

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achintya, Aravind Mohanram <psuaravind>

wrote:

 

> In his translation and commentary of the above verse Srila

Prabhupada brings this out by saying that the sutras are a

deliberation on impersonal Brahman, indicating that when viewed in

this way they may leave one unsatisfied. Thus the need for a

commentary the likes of Srimad Bhagavatam, in which the sutras are

explained appropriately with emphasis on Bhagavan and bhakti.

According to Srila Prabhupada Narada is asking Vyasa, "You have fully

deliberated on impersonal Brahman in your sutras. Why then are you

dissatisfied?" In affect Narada is saying to Vyasa that your Sutras

seem to indicate that impersonal Brahman is the highest ideal.

Perhaps this is why you are unsatisfied."

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So, is he saying that Vedaanta-suutra is about Bhagavaan, but is

referred to by Prabhupada as a deliberation on impersonal Brahman

because that is how it will be incorrectly perceived? I'm not sure

why Srila Prabhupada would say that it is a deliberation on

impersonal Brahman when in fact it is not.

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achintya, Aravind Mohanram <psuaravind>

wrote:

> Haribol,

>

> As per Sumeet prabhu's request I sent this question long back to

Swami BVT and below is the reply I received:

 

 

Hare Krishna,

 

Aravind prabhu that is so nice of you. I am very grateful. So thanks

for being so nice.

 

> Srila Prabhupada Says that Vedanta Sutra is a delibreation on the

> Impersonal Absolute feature or the Brahmajyoti. Then, why is Srimad

> Bhagavatam which glorifies the Bhagavan feature considered a natural

> commentary on the Vedanta Sutra by the Gaudiya Vaishnavas, if they

deal with

> two different aspects of the absolute truth?

 

Well VS glorifies Bhagavan. Impersonal brahman is not even mentioned

in VS. There is no talk about God being formless etc........ So VS

and Bhagavata share the same subject : Absolute Person.

 

 

> In Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.4 Narada chides Vyasa for being

>unfulfilled even after fully deliberating on Brahman. This is the

>preface to Vyasa's remedying the situation through the compilation

>of Srimad Bhagavatam under the direction of Narada. Although Vyasa

>had written his sutras, they did not unambiguously stress Bhagavan

>and bhakti, but lent themselves to other interpretations.

 

Vyasas sutras are bright as sunlight. One should recall what Sri

Mahaprabhu had to say to bhattacarya that i understand what VS says

but i am trying to grasp what you are saying. This should make it

very clear that Vyasa sutras can't be legitimately interpreted as

bringing out impersonal brahman feature. So if someone wants to

interpret them as stressing on impersonal God then he is wrong. In

other words they clearly stress on Bhagavan who is well established

and bhakti to whom is also well established. Check out Govinda

bhashya, Sri bhashya, Poornaprajna bhashya, Anu bhashya etc........

 

 

>In his translation and commentary of the above verse Srila

>Prabhupada brings this out by saying that the sutras are a

>deliberation on impersonal Brahman, indicating that when viewed in

>this way they may leave one unsatisfied. Thus the need for a

>commentary the likes of Srimad Bhagavatam, in which the sutras are

>explained appropriately with emphasis on Bhagavan and bhakti.

 

Refer to above, VS doesn't even have remote reference to impersonal

brahman. Correlation of VS and Bhagavata is well established in

tattva sandarbha where Sri Jiva Goswami says:

 

On basis of an earlier version of bhagavata, vyasa compiled VS and

then expanded this earlier version of bhagavata as commentary on VS.

 

Of course, bhagavata is compiled in above way so that everyone can

understand what author of VS wants to say through VS which can be so

easily misinterpreted by limited minds of conditioned soul and

cheaters in society. And hence presence of bhagavata ensures that no

wrong interpretation of VS are accepted.

 

 

>According to Srila Prabhupada Narada is asking Vyasa, "You have

>fully deliberated on impersonal Brahman in your sutras. Why then are

>you dissatisfied?" In affect Narada is saying to Vyasa that your

>Sutras seem to indicate that impersonal Brahman is the highest

>ideal. Perhaps this is why you are unsatisfied."

 

i disagree over here. as i have said many times VS doesn't contains

even single reference to impersonal brahman. So how can narada muni

ask vyasa deva this question.

 

 

Your Servant Always,

Sumeet.

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